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A couple of questions:
1) How do you incorporate warm-up sets in this program?
2) How should the 3 ramping sets for deadlift be done? Since it's an 8-rep goal, would you warm up to say 80% of 3RM, and consider that you're first work set?

Warm up as you normally would. If 405 deadlift was your 3 RM, you might start week one with

135 x 5
225 x 5
315 x 3
Working
365 x 4
365 x 3
365 x 3

Start light the first week and work into it. 4 weeks later, if you're able to add 10 pounds a week, you'll be hitting 405 for more than 3 reps, then its PRs from there until things begin to grind to a halt. At that point, more food, or reset back a couple weeks and take another run at it.